the norwegians are coming…

In keeping with my current Twin Peaks theme. And because for quite some time this afternoon, my office was just like The Great Northern, packed full of laughing, singing, giddy Norwegians. Except these were Brazilians. And they weren’t here to spend all their money on me. And we weren’t all drunk. So, it wasn’t nearly as much fun as being at the Great Northern, just twice as noisy.

The Brazilians are visiting campus for some reason I never did quite figure out (despite asking my boss point-blank; she is incapable of giving a straight answer to anything, including simple questions like, "So, what are all these Brazilians doing on campus?" or, "So, are you going to be here next week or not?") And they were all gathered in Insane Boss’s office for much MUCH too long, being giddy and full of glee. While I’m trying to answer everyone’s phones and being bombarded with email that I can’t ignore and having irate students show up outside my door. Just as one of the other admin assistants is trying to tell me about an irate guy she has on the phone who got a letter saying he is lacking a class for graduation but he should have graduated in May and now he has a job and he can’t take any summer classes because it’s too late and now his job will be in jeopardy and he’s realy really mad and there’s nobody here including the Associate Dean who SENT HIM THE LETTER and he’s REALLY REALLY MAD… and the guy out in the office is loudly telling my student that he got a letter saying he’s missing a class and he can’t graduate but he finished in May and he has a job and he’s really really mad and I’m thinking, wow, that’s kind of weird and coincidental…. then Mad Guy Outside Door turns into Mad Guy On The Phone. Same Mad Guy. Who is not in any way my problem but of course I’m the only one here he can be mad at. Until finally Insane Boss gets rid of the hoard of Brazilians and can deal with him herself.

EEEEEEEEEKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I was interrupted while writing by my 872,612th phone call of the day……

I GOT THE JOB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I GOT THE JOB I GOT THE JOB I GOT THE JOB I GOT THE JOB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I am…. speechless!!!!!

I GOT THE JOB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I had actually just about given up because they said they hoped to decide by today, and it was nearly 4:00 and I figured I might as well just resign myself to not getting ANOTHER job, being stuck in this miserable madhouse for the rest of my life which wouldn’t be long because the stress is going to KILL ME…

And the dean called!!!!

I am so excited I think I’m beyond writing – and I have ten zillion things to get done before I leave today, as I’ll be out Monday and maybe Tuesday as well, retrieving the car from the lovely Charleston. And now I can have a REALLY good trip, because…

I GOT THE JOB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

And I can do all these ten zillion things with a light heart, because….

I GOT THE JOB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!